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Not sure it's made a lot of difference....but Nelson seems a better choice of captain regardless. 

Don’t think any of the subs strengthened us.
Waghorn used to be a good, aggressive player but now he’s just an aggressive player. He commits fouls hoping not to be seen despite the fact they are about as inconspicuous as a tiger in a nunnery.

I hear he's extracted some DNA from Washs old molar and is growing an army as we speak.

Not sure how adding Bradley helps in any logical way.
Our problems are in attack. We have a selection of forwards who either aren’t fully fit or otherwise just aren’t good enough.
Smith and Adams battled manfully in midfield but they desperately need a third player they can rely upon. Ward provided that briefly. Bird’s return would help massively.
We have the version of James Collins who runs around a lot without being creative and Washington who gets behind defences and then….nothing.
NML looks cursed. I have never seen a player kick the ball into touch as often.
We know CBT can be good, but does he?
What surprised me last night was our willingness to pump the ball in the air again, letting Wildsmith take long free kicks when creativity was needed. I hope that they will practice in training the slick first time passing which can produce the three wins we need.
 
 

Up to four games ago that is completely true. Since then he’s effectively been a passenger as an attacking force.
I love Nat as a player but we have to be honest…. True, he can’t be expected to ‘do it’ every game but five games without output at this stage of the season is fatal… and yes, that does show how important he is to us as a team…

I can’t tell if he’s struggling with that hamstring or if he’s trying too hard. Maybe both.
What was he doing when he just needed to knock it down the right-wing and cross but instead cut inside and shot on his weak foot? 
The attempted diagonal that went behind Wilson and gave them a throw? 
He’s not beating players either. 

Tonight was so bad, I started wistfully daydreaming of Bradley returning in a back 3. 
 

Agreed.
But also we were such a stupid team ...no game management/understanding at all.
Stupid off-sides, terrible free-kicks, shooting that was eye-bleedingly bad, poor anticipation,  giving away free kicks, passing to nobody, running into dead-ends... on and on... just amateurish.
Warne has to take responsibility today, failure to go up and I wouldn't cry if we decided he'd had his chance and looked elsewhere. 

Perhaps not like babies but every promotion means a great deal, I don’t see much difference in our challenge, and the fans response, in this season to any other season.
The most despondent I have ever felt about a Derby County result was walking away from Wembley after our defeat by Leicester in the playoff final 😩😩
 

Oxford away on Saturday for P’Boro is tough. They also have a lot of games over a short period. I’d be surprised if they don’t drop points. If they don’t, and beat Bolton, fair play to them. They’ll deserve it.
We must win the next 3. Pressures on.
2nd half was awful today. No control, poor decision making and composure. We were lucky not to concede in the end. I have no issues with the subs or starting 11. Individuals were off it. CBT and NML were awful. Washington was his usual self, Collins no service and looked unfit. We’ve let others back in it again. 

I would normally agree but tonight was especially poor.
Arguably the worst performance of the season given the significance of the game.

I’m usually one trying to be rational about these things, but that performance at this time of the season bordered disgusting for me. Lazy passing, headless running, poor touches…and that was just Kane Wilson who gave one of the worst performances I’ve seen in a derby shirt this season. Don’t like singling out players for criticism, rarely do it, but for all his ‘Jack the lad’ persona not enough quality shines through when it matters. 
Within the context of the season and where we are, it was shockingly bad. I could have wax lyrical for hours about how good Derby were last week and every inch of praise was deserved. They lost all that goodwill tonight.
I’ve got very little more I can say, it’s not that they haven’t won but the attitude/performance for where we are in the season was so below par.

We can't go into another game with Sibley and CBT down one flank.
It made me want to scratch my eyes out with a rusty nail.
 

Sorry would usually agree, but that performance with three games to go…they deserve a bit of a kicking because there’s no excuses. It’s not about the result, it’s the performance.

Agreed.
But also we were such a stupid team ...no game management/understanding at all.
Stupid off-sides, terrible free-kicks, shooting that was eye-bleedingly bad, poor anticipation,  giving away free kicks, passing to nobody, running into dead-ends... on and on... just amateurish.
Warne has to take responsibility today, failure to go up and I wouldn't cry if we decided he'd had his chance and looked elsewhere. 

Agreed.
But also we were such a stupid team ...no game management/understanding at all.
Stupid off-sides, terrible free-kicks, shooting that was eye-bleedingly bad, poor anticipation,  giving away free kicks, passing to nobody, running into dead-ends... on and on... just amateurish.
Warne has to take responsibility today, failure to go up and I wouldn't cry if we decided he'd had his chance and looked elsewhere. 

Agreed.
But also we were such a stupid team ...no game management/understanding at all.
Stupid off-sides, terrible free-kicks, shooting that was eye-bleedingly bad, poor anticipation,  giving away free kicks, passing to nobody, running into dead-ends... on and on... just amateurish.
Warne has to take responsibility today, failure to go up and I wouldn't cry if we decided he'd had his chance and looked elsewhere. 

Agreed.
But also we were such a stupid team ...no game management/understanding at all.
Stupid off-sides, terrible free-kicks, shooting that was eye-bleedingly bad, poor anticipation,  giving away free kicks, passing to nobody, running into dead-ends... on and on... just amateurish.
Warne has to take responsibility today, failure to go up and I wouldn't cry if we decided he'd had his chance and looked elsewhere. 

Agreed.
But also we were such a stupid team ...no game management/understanding at all.
Stupid off-sides, terrible free-kicks, shooting that was eye-bleedingly bad, poor anticipation,  giving away free kicks, passing to nobody, running into dead-ends... on and on... just amateurish.
Warne has to take responsibility today, failure to go up and I wouldn't cry if we decided he'd had his chance and looked elsewhere. 

So in summary
cashin, nelson, ebou excellent
smith v good
wilson, sibley quality wise absolutely shocking
collins game passed him by with little service
nml, cbt and washington absolute crap tonight 

Second half was garbage. Washington, CBT and NML all dreadful tonight.

Just don’t get it, put in a great shift in the pouring rain away at Portsmouth, have time to rest and work with 8 days in between, then turn in such a lacklustre showing.
Warne and his staff not done enough, players let themselves and all of us down tonight, it’s still possible for us to get autos but it’s a massive dropped b0ll0ck tonight 😞 

Not scapegoating but Wilson's worse game in a Rams shirt everything he's touched has turned to 💩 

If Warne doesn't get us promoted his position is simply untenable, and performances like this are the reason why.

This is truly appalling...